#8BB0BE#8BB0BE

#8BB0BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.045 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB0BE
RGB	rgb(139, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -9.23, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 14.53, 230.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0328 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.045 223)
XYZ	xyz(35.4643, 40.2559, 54.6068)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB0BE #BE998B

analogous

#8BBEB3 #8BB0BE #8B97BE

triadic

#8BB0BE #BE8BB0 #B0BE8B

tetradic

#8BB0BE #B38BBE #BE998B #97BE8B

square

#8BB0BE #B38BBE #BE998B #97BE8B

split-complementary

#8BB0BE #BE8B97 #BEB38B

monochromatic

#4A7484 #6495A8 #8BB0BE #B2CBD4 #D9E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8BB0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#8BB0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB0BE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB0BE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BB5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.045 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec7d1',
    500: '#8bb0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb0be;
$custom-light: #aec7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 28.177,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73477,
    "c": 0.04487,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.40257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB0BE

secondary

#DBCECA

accent

#5B3FA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB0BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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